Indian Home Rule movement

The Indian Home Rule movement was a home rule movement in the United Kingdom that lasted from 1916 to 1918. The movement was inspired by the Irish Home Rule movement, and it was founded by Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak in response to the government of British India's refusal to discuss independence while World War I was raging. Joseph Baptista, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, G.S. Khaparde, S. Subramania Iyer, and Annie Besnat were major leaders of the movement, which united the Indian National Congress and Muslim League behind one common goal: Indian home rule. The movement declined when Tilak left for England to pursue a libel case and Besant was appeased by Indian governmental reforms, and the Home Rule movement merged into the INC in 1921, with Mahatma Gandhi serving as its president.